SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Spa City brewmeisters shouldn't frost their glasses just yet. The Martell Brothers Brew Pub proposed on Broadway was not approved by the Planning Board Wednesday night, but the site plan is expected to be back in front of the board for a vote in two weeks.

The proposal is for a 60- foot-by-48-foot structure located 100 feet back from Broadway in an alcove between the Saratoga Shoe Depot and the mixed-use building with the new Swedish Hill Winery on the ground floor. Beer will be made on-site weekly and sold in its bar/restaurant.

Chris Martell, one of the developers of the project, said the pub will host acoustic, classical guitar and jazz music, and has in the past said, "We want a place where people can relax; a place where people can talk back-and-forth without shouting."

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One of the major hold-ups was approval from the State Historic Preservation Office, which has until Nov. 11 to offer comments on the proposal because it lies in a national historic district. In addition, the city engineer and Department of Public Works have requested more detailed technical information on the proposed brew pub's stormwater management systems.

Overall, though, the Planning Board seemed pleased by the presentation, particularly with the developers' "responsiveness to the neighbors."

"Not every applicant will go to the extent you have gone -- which is redesigning your whole project," said Clifford Van Wagner, chairman of the board. "It's nice to see an applicant working with everyone in the city."

An attorney for Sheila Parkert, owner of the Adelphi Hotel that abuts the proposed pub, voiced some concerns about the kitchen and brewery odors, the garbage cans and noise from the music and heating, ventilation and air conditioning.

Ahead of the meeting, though, the developers consolidated what was once proposed as a separate building for brewing into the second-story of the main building, moving the brewing process farther away from the Adelphi. They also moved the kitchen from the Adelphi-side of the property to the opposite, located the HVAC unit in a parapet with noise-dampening materials built into it and agreed to stop outdoor entertainment at 10 p.m. on weekdays and 11 p.m. on weekends.

Martell said he hopes to have approval by the next meeting and construction started by mid-December, "hopefully."